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Artificial DNA kills cancer: Hairpin-shaped DNA binds with microRNA in cancer cells to trigger an immune response

Artificial DNA kills cancer: Hairpin-shaped DNA binds with microRNA in cancer cells to trigger an immune response

byUniversity of TokyoOncolytic DNA hairpin pairs (oHPs) are introduced to the cancer cell. When the oHPs encounter the tumor-causing overexpressed microRNA (miRNA), they unravel to connect with

Artificial DNA kills cancer: Hairpin-shaped DNA binds with microRNA in cancer cells to trigger an immune response

byUniversity of TokyoOncolytic DNA hairpin pairs (oHPs) are introduced to the cancer cell. When the oHPs encounter the tumor-causing overexpressed microRNA (miRNA), they unravel to connect with
Family-focused interventions for African Americans with cancer

Family-focused interventions for African Americans with cancer

by Amy Cherry,University of DelawareCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe moment you're told the dreaded words: "You have cancer," your life changes forever. A parent diagnosed with

Family-focused interventions for African Americans with cancer

by Amy Cherry,University of DelawareCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe moment you're told the dreaded words: "You have cancer," your life changes forever. A parent diagnosed with
Cancer drug cooperation could save 1.5 mn lives a year: researchers

Cancer drug cooperation could save 1.5 mn lives a year: researchers

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAround 1.5 million lives could be saved every year if the world worked together to more swiftly approve new cancer drugs, researchers said Tuesday.The figure was based

Cancer drug cooperation could save 1.5 mn lives a year: researchers

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAround 1.5 million lives could be saved every year if the world worked together to more swiftly approve new cancer drugs, researchers said Tuesday.The figure was based
Test can predict how people with leukaemia will respond to chemotherapy

Test can predict how people with leukaemia will respond to chemotherapy

by BloodwiseCredit: CC0 Public DomainThe first test to quickly and accurately predict how people will respond to standard treatment for the most common type of leukaemia has been developed at Cardiff

Test can predict how people with leukaemia will respond to chemotherapy

by BloodwiseCredit: CC0 Public DomainThe first test to quickly and accurately predict how people will respond to standard treatment for the most common type of leukaemia has been developed at Cardiff
Team explores anti-breast cancer properties of soy

Team explores anti-breast cancer properties of soy

by University of ArizonaOrnella I. Selmin, PhD (left), and Donato F. Romagnolo, PhD (right). Credit: University of Arizona Cancer CenterA University of Arizona Cancer Center research team is enga

Team explores anti-breast cancer properties of soy

by University of ArizonaOrnella I. Selmin, PhD (left), and Donato F. Romagnolo, PhD (right). Credit: University of Arizona Cancer CenterA University of Arizona Cancer Center research team is enga
Breakthrough in knowledge of how some sarcomas arise

Breakthrough in knowledge of how some sarcomas arise

by University of GothenburgCredit: CC0 Public DomainThe origin of certain cancers in the sarcoma group is associated with a hitherto unknown interaction among different proteins. Findings now bei

Breakthrough in knowledge of how some sarcomas arise

by University of GothenburgCredit: CC0 Public DomainThe origin of certain cancers in the sarcoma group is associated with a hitherto unknown interaction among different proteins. Findings now bei
3-D-written model to provide better understanding of cancer spread

3-D-written model to provide better understanding of cancer spread

by Kayla Wiles,Purdue UniversityThis diagram conceptualizes the 3-D jet writer a Purdue researcher is using to engineer a cancer microenvironment. Credit: Purdue University image/Luis SolorioPur

3-D-written model to provide better understanding of cancer spread

by Kayla Wiles,Purdue UniversityThis diagram conceptualizes the 3-D jet writer a Purdue researcher is using to engineer a cancer microenvironment. Credit: Purdue University image/Luis SolorioPur
A new tool for diagnosing cancer: Platform combines structural details with molecular information about a tumor

A new tool for diagnosing cancer: Platform combines structural details with molecular information about a tumor

by Harvard Medical SchoolThe Orion tool combines molecular details revealed by immunofluorescence imaging (left) with structural information gained through traditional histology staining (middle)

A new tool for diagnosing cancer: Platform combines structural details with molecular information about a tumor

by Harvard Medical SchoolThe Orion tool combines molecular details revealed by immunofluorescence imaging (left) with structural information gained through traditional histology staining (middle)
The long-term financial toll of breast cancer

The long-term financial toll of breast cancer

by Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public HealthMammograms showing a normal breast (left) and a breast with cancer (right). Credit: Public DomainThe financial fallout from breast can

The long-term financial toll of breast cancer

by Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public HealthMammograms showing a normal breast (left) and a breast with cancer (right). Credit: Public DomainThe financial fallout from breast can
Researchers ID novel treatment pathway for deadly pancreatic cancers

Researchers ID novel treatment pathway for deadly pancreatic cancers

by Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineThe High Mobility Group A1 (HMGA1) protein functions as a "molecular switch" that "flips on" expression and secretion of a critic

Researchers ID novel treatment pathway for deadly pancreatic cancers

by Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineThe High Mobility Group A1 (HMGA1) protein functions as a "molecular switch" that "flips on" expression and secretion of a critic
Obesity as a risk factor for colorectal cancer underestimated so far, says study

Obesity as a risk factor for colorectal cancer underestimated so far, says study

byGerman Cancer Research CenterWeight Change Among Cases and Controls Within 12 Years Before Diagnosis/Interview Lower and upper hinges correspond to 25th and 75th quantile of weight changes, re

Obesity as a risk factor for colorectal cancer underestimated so far, says study

byGerman Cancer Research CenterWeight Change Among Cases and Controls Within 12 Years Before Diagnosis/Interview Lower and upper hinges correspond to 25th and 75th quantile of weight changes, re
Alternative bladder cancer treatment emerges amid worldwide shortage of standard of care BCG

Alternative bladder cancer treatment emerges amid worldwide shortage of standard of care BCG

by Jennifer Brown,University of IowaCredit: CC0 Public DomainAn on-going, worldwide shortage of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) means that many patients with a common and serious type of bladder

Alternative bladder cancer treatment emerges amid worldwide shortage of standard of care BCG

by Jennifer Brown,University of IowaCredit: CC0 Public DomainAn on-going, worldwide shortage of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) means that many patients with a common and serious type of bladder